So sad to hear news this morning of the death of Alf McCarthy. A bright, interesting and funny man. We shared happy days in the old RTÉ Union quay Cork studios in the days of Corkabout and RTECork 89FM.

Gilbert O’Sullivan on Morning Ireland now. #thrill

To the very kind man in the black BMW near UCD on the N11 who talked me through getting my car up a hill in shocking road conditions, thank you for the knowledge and time taken to keep me on the road. #sneachta

#sneachta avoid n11 southbound if you can. Gridlock

A pleasure to have you on Conor.

Olwyn Fouéré and Hugo Weaving head a brilliant cast in Gate Theatre production of #ThePresident . One to catch right to TheEnd!!!

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They bring our listenership to 486,000, meaning Morning Ireland remains the most listened-to radio programme in Ireland

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We will miss Bryan Dobson . A talented interrogator , tough but fair and always a supportive colleague and gentleman. Good luck with the next chapter.

A privilege to spot a school of dolphins in Dun Laoghaire harbour this morning. #dolphins#Eastpier.

Travelling on the M7 before the Portlaoise toll heading for Dublin and have spotted three vehicles with no back lights. All were towing trailers and their rear view was total darkness. Beware

Isn’t Christmas all about books!

Good morning to all of our listeners on our final pre-Christmas programme. Stay tuned, we hope to have a very special guest from the North Pole later in the programme

Watch and listen here rte.ie/morningireland

Lots of excited mammies in Moira's report which you can listen to later in the programme here rte.ie/morningireland

Congratulations Sally-Ann.

Mags Casey on Morning Ireland saying she has lost 29 members of her family to suicide should stop anyone in their tracks.

Dowtcha girl!

🏆 Justine McCarthy has been named broadsheet opinion journalist of the year at this year's Irish Journalism Awards. Read her winning articles here:

👉 Young people are the new frontier in the hatred wars irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/0…

👉 How Creeslough’s priest reminded us of the

A well deserved recognition for an outstanding journalist and colleague. Congratulations Ailbhe Conneely

Niall Healy Cork County Council tells Morning Ireland the Woodlands Estate in Middleton is of particular concern as rain continues and flood worries persist.

It's still raining in Waterford, Fergus Galvin Waterford City & County Council tells Mary Wilson

We also heard from Midleton where the main street was described last night as 'like a river'

We'll have more coverage of yesterday's flooding throughout the programme rte.ie/morningireland